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EP 0 874 604 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/45 (21) Application number: 95944619.0 (22) Date of filing: 29.11.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61F 2/ 12( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/016380 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/019654 (05.06.1997 Gazette 1997/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT NL (71) Applicant: Fisher, Jack Nashville, TN 37203 (US)	(72) Inventor: Fisher, Jack Nashville, TN 37203 (US) (74) Representative: Casey, Lindsay Joseph, et al  F. R. Kelly & Co. 27 Clyde Road Ballsbridge Dublin 4 Dublin 4 (IE)